Help - My new AT Pro won't come on !!!!

[C. Mathis]

Got my new AT Pro today and tried to turn it on but when I pushed the power button and held it down to power up the detector all i heard was a faint beep from the speaker and no icons appeared on the screen. I made sure batteries were in the plastic holder correctly and I also made sure the plastic holder was in the metal detector correctly. I then put four brand new batteries in the unit and same thing happened, a faint beep and nothing came up on the screen. I then tried a set of rechargeable with the same result. I'm set to leave to go to the beach for a week in Orange Beach and now I don't have my AT Pro to take with me. I'm sure Garrett will take care of this but not in time for my trip. Grrr! I left a message with Garrett but they were closed for the day. Any ideas what might be causing this?

 

[PKB]

by chance the coil and head phone jacks switched when assembled ? don't know if it would fit tho without looking at mine

 

[mudpuppy]

Dont push and HOLD it...just sort of tap the power on button once...to power OFF, push and HOLD it for about 2sec (double beep)
Mud

 

[C. Mathis]

Still wont turn on. I called Garrett and they are rushing me another unit. I should have it before my beach trip. I was stressing!

 

[mudpuppy]

Cool!

In the meantime, watch as many youtube vids as you can about this rig...a poster here called 'Diggin-it" did some good ones on what gold/plat rings sound like a few years back...theres all sorts of youtube vids on this rig, but you want to try to tune your ears if you can...
Mud

 

[ajaj]

This does suck, but...the AT Pro is a magnificent machine. It sounds like a rare defect and I know Garrett will take care of you. Now, you mentioned "beach". Fresh or salt water? If fresh water, you will have a monster on your hands...if salt water, be careful. It will be finicky in the wet sand. Follow "mudpuppy's" advice above and read, watch, read, watch, etc. There are a lot of resources online and you will learn a lot.

aj

 

[John-Edmonton]

Garrett has excellent customer service! Glad they are looking after you and good luck on your beach trip.

 

[C. Mathis]

I'm going to Orange Beach, Alabama for a week. I've heard that its not as bad on the beaches in the Gulf, do you know if that's correct? I know that I'll have to auto GB and the manually offset about minus 2, and also turn down the sensitivity. I also heard that the AT Pro might be more stable in Standard mode when on the salt water beaches.
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[jim tn]

I've been to Orange Beach, Destin and on the coast of Georgia with my A T and hunting dry sand is a breeze. Pro Zero, no disc. and wide open sen. On or near the wet sand it does chatter some and if I remember correctly over wet sand the ground balance is in the upper teens to low twenties and while I stayed in Pro Zero, I did drop the sen. down a couple of bars. Have a good scoop, as you can dig really deep targets up in the dry sand. Good luck. HH jim tn

 

[C. Mathis]

Thanks, just got the replacement AT Pro! This one works like a charm!

 

[jim tn]

n/t

 

[senda]

Now ... all to beach !!